Dumping bed or body for vehicles.



No. 888,601. PATENTE'D MAY 26, 1908. T. A. & E. L. FAUGHNAN.

DUM'PING BED 0R BODY FOR VEHICLES,

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 9. 1907.

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Z g/a/ waf'i d g afb By 7 @MZ /Z A TTORNEYS STATES PATENT- OFFICE;

THOMAS, A. FAUGHNAN AND EDWARD L; FAUGHNAN; ELIZABETH, NEW JERSEY.

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are; 888,601.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Hay'26,

application flied September 9, 1907. Serial No. 391,881.

To all whom it may concern:

Be itknown that we, THOMAS A. FAUGH- NAN and EDWARD' L. FAueHNA,'citizens of the United States, and residing at Elizabeth,

5 in the countyof Union and Stateof'New Jerse have invented. certain-newand -useful m rovements in- Dumping Beds or Bodies ior Vehicles, ofwhich the following is a s ecifieation, such as will enable thosethereof is to provide an improvement in the beds or bodies of vehiclesofthis class which is simple in construction and operation and by means ofwhich the entire contents of the bed or body may be instantly dumped bythe driver of the vehicle 'and the bed-or body closed for'further use; afurther object being to provide a/bed or body for vehicles of, the classspecified which is detachable from the running gear or truck frame sothat other 'beds or bodies of any desired construction may be used onsaid running gear or truck frame; and with these and other objects-inview the invention consists'in a dumping'bed or body for vehiclesconstructed as herein after described and claimed.

The invention is fully disclosed lowingfspecificationy of which theacconie panying drawin forms a partin which the separate parts of ourimprovement are designated by suitable reference characters in each ofthe views, and in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section ofour'improved duml'ping bed or body taken ig 77 the gear or truck frame.of the ve se on the line 1-.1'of 2g and showiii in dotted lines; Fig.'2a transverse section on the line 2-2' of Fig. '1; Fig. 3 apartial,rear'end view of our improved dumping bed 45 or body; and, Fig; "i aottom plan view of one end portion of one ofthe bottom gates gr ddoorsof our improved dumping bed or o,y.' -j In the drawing forming part ofthis specifia",',andinthe practice of our invention,

in the folcation, reference being made to Fig. 1, we.

skil ed in the art to which appertains to passed chains 9. 1 In thefront portion bjof' the bed or. body.

[end of the lever t is placed a sp connected with the shorter end of t ecrank. arm 6, is a rod 11 which is connected with a ofs e se extension 6the bottonis b offwhich are provided with longitudinally arranged metalstrips b havin downwardly directedlugs or pro ections b etween which thebolsters a and a. fit so as to prevent the bed-or body from movinglongitudinally on the running gear or truck frame, and thesemetal'strips b -may extend .backwardly under the sides. 6"

of the bed or body as shown in Fig, 2, if desired.

' The bed or body i'sfalso previded in the front portion thereof with atransverse verticaljpartition'aandthe rear end portion (provide a. bedor. body?) tothereof with a similar transverse vertical partition 11between which is the load portione-of the bed or body as shown in 1, andin thebottom of the load portion e o the;

bed or body and centrall thereof is secured a longitudinal ard anstrengthening bar or member f which is preferably V sha d in crosssection as shown .in Fig; 2, and w 'ch is permanently. and ri idlysecured to the partitions c and d as sli own at "of the load portion 6of the. or body consists-offatesor doors 9 hinged to the sides of the.be or body at g, and the combined transverse width of which is referablyless than the, transverse width of t e bed or body .as-shown in Fig. 2,and the to surfaces of The bottom the gates or doors 9 are prefer-a 1yprovided with-metal covers or shields g, and beneath the inner I orfreeedges thereof'are laced longitudinal tubes g* and adjacent tothepartition 0 "is placed a transverse roller h to which oneend of. the

; chains g! are secured, and said rollerlisro right through. whic are acrank arm a? between which and the handle pawl i which is pivoted to thelever "i and the ratchet wheel h", but no y held out ement .by thespring-i.

. Oon'nec w h t m I usual manneris a lever 11 to which is-piv'otedportion 1) of the bed or body is a support 9' to which is pivoted alever la, the .rear end portion of which is extended backwardly andcurved upwardly and forwardly as shown at 70*, and provided with apivoted pawl 70 adapted to oerate in connection with the ratchet whee7L2 and havinga depending end provided with a transverse ead k ada tedto bear on the front ed e orf surface of 't io upwardly curved part ofthe rear end port-ion 7c? of the lever k, and the nose of t-he pawl k isnormally in engagement with the ratchet wheel If; The front endportion'of the lever it extends forwardlyas shown in Fi 1, and adapted-to be 'de" pressed by the foot of the operator of the veicl'e so as tofree the pawl 10 from the ratchet dental de ression of the front end ofthe le ver 7:, an in the form of construction shown, we have provided adog m which is provided with a pivotal support and which is adapted tobe thrown into position under the front end of the leverk as shown inFig. 1, and to be kicked out of position'p're aratory to depressing thefront end of said ever in the operation of dumping the contents of thebed or body as'herelnafter described.

' \Ve also secure to the outer surfaceof the transverse partition (I,double or V-shaped hook devices n, and the rear ends of the chains 9 areadapted to be connected with the said hook devices nas shownin Fig. 3,and said chains may be shortened or lengthened within certain limits bymeans of raising or lowering the links thereof m the hook-sha ed devicesit, but our invention is not limits to any particular means forconnecting the chains g with the partition (1 and any suitable devicesmaybe employedfor this purpose.

We also preferabl I place in the inner cor-. ners of the gates or oorsggrooved rollers or pulleys 0, one ofwhich is shown in Fig. 4 and overwhich the chains 9 passin the operation (if raising and lowering thegates or doors g and ill-Fig. 2, we have indicated in dotted lines theposition ofsaid gates or doors when '0 en or artially open. In theconstruction s own t e gr'oove rollers or pulleys '0 are placedhorizontally in the corners of the gates or doors 9 and the chains 9"only operate in the rooves thereof when said gates or doors are owered,or in their lowest ositioanor approximately so, but the said p eys orrollers are not an essential feature and mayor may not be employed, andin Figs. land 3 the are not shown but when said rollers or pulfieys arenot employed, we prefer to pro-. vide rounded or beveledanti-frictionblocks or bearings p as shown in Fig. 1 which are securedto thebottom of the partition dand over which the chains g pass in theoperation employed. in connection with sai of lowering and raising thegates or doors 9. The hinges by whic the gates or doors 9 are connectedwith the body I) are composed of )arts r secured to the sides of the bedor bo yand the L-shaped members 1* secured to thebo'ttoms of the gatesor doors g, and in the operation: of dumping-as hereinafter described,the gates or doors 9 move down- I wardl'y and outwardly as indicated indotted lines in Fig;- 2. The operation will be readily understood,

from the foregoing description'whe'n taken in connection. with theaccompanying drawing and'the following statement thereof. Suppose thegates or doorsto be opened, as indicated in dotted linesin Fig.2,-the-first thing to do is to close said gates or doors as shown infull lines in said figure, and in this operation the driver or operatorof the vehicle grasps the handle end of the lever 11 and the crankarm't. This operation forces the pawl i into engagement with the ratchetwheel k and b moving the lever 'i upwardly and downwar ly the chainswill be woundon the roller h and the gates or doors 9 will be raisedinto the closed position. The locking lever k is normally in operativeposition 'as shown in Fig. 1,. and during the above described operationthe pawl 7: slides freely over the teeth of the ratchet wheel'h but when.said operation is completed the pawl 71: engages the teeth 9f theratchet Wheel gates or doors. 9 drop downwardly as indicated by thearrow as is Fig. 1 and by the dotted lines in said figure, and the lever'i may then be manipulated to close the gates .or doors 9 ashereinbefore described.

- It will be observed that the distance between the tubes g throughwhich the chains 9 pass when the gates or doors 9 are closed fis aboutthe same as the width of the reach a of the running gear or truck. ofthe vehicle and thezflpartf serves as a guard or shieldfor the rea 'a inthe operation ofdumping the contents of the; bed or body as herembeforedescribed.- "By making the bed or body detachable'from the running gearor trhck an other or class ofa. bed or bod may bi;

gear or truck whenever desired, andin order to accommodate the runninggear or truck to other beds or bodies of a greater length than ourimproved dumping bed or body we make the connectionsbetween the frontand back trucks or axles adjustable, but it will be understood that theinvention described and claimed herei not limited to any particu larform of running ear or truck.

, It will also be un 9 simply serve as guldes or keepers for'the chainsg which. are free to slide therein and other forms of guides or keepersmay; be substituted for the tubes g"', and otherfc'hanges in andmodifications of the constructionherein described may be made, withinthe" scope of the appended claims,cwithoutfdeparting from t e spirit ofour invention or sacrificing its advantages.

Having fully' described our invention, what we claim as new and desireto secure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A dum ing bed or body for vehicles,

the front an rear end portions of which are provided with transverseartitions forming a load body proper at the ront end of which is anextension, the bottom of the load body proper being provided with hingedgates or doors arran ed longitudinally of the opposite sides tiiereofand the. total widt of which is less than the total width of the bed orbod whereb a space is formed between the a 'acent e ges of said gates ordoors when t ey are closed, a central member sesaid roller to wind saidflexible devices there- I on so as to close said gates or doorsan'ddevices for releasingsaid roller so as to open sa d gatesor doors.

erstood that the tubes means i for 2. A dumping bed or body for vehicleshaving at front extension, and a bottom composed ofigates or doorshinged to the op site sides thereof," the total transverse wi th ofsaidgates .or doors being less than the T ltransversewidth of the bed orbody whereby a space is formed between said gates or doors [when theyare closed, said bed or body being alsoprovided with a longitudinalmember over said gates or doors and closingsaid space, and said gates ordoors being provided at their free edges with keepers through which arepassed flexible devices .by the mani ulation of which the said gates ordoors may e closed and opened. 4

' 3. A detachable dumping bed or body for vehicles, said bed or. bodybeing provided with a bottom comprising gates or doors hinged to the oposite sidesfthereof and between which wiien said gates or doors areclosed there is an open space, said bed or body being also providedwitha stationary lon itudinal member which closes said space, a

an said gates or doors being provided at their free edges with kee ers,flexible de vices movable longitudina ly through said keepers, means forsecuring one end of .said flexible devices at the rear end of the bed orbody, and means at the front end of the bed 'or body for manipulatingsaid flexible devices so as to open and close said gates or doors. g

In testimonythat we'clairn, the foregoing as our invention we havesigned our names in presence of the subscribing witnesses this fourthday of September 1907.-

' THOMAS AQFAUGHNAN.

} EDWARD L. FAUGHNAN.

Witnesses:

A. WrHANGARTER, J. P. KELLY.

